ALBANY - State Senator Cathy Young (R-Olean) said she is calling on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to join Senate Republicans to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment (GEA) which has taken over a billion dollars from our children’s education in school … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Plan to Publicy Fund State Elections Under Scrutiny
ALBANY - New York state Assembly Speaker Silver is wants to bring matching public funds to state legislative elections, but that’s not sitting well with some state lawmakers. A New York City area republican - Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Funding for Statewide Gun Database Included in 2012-13 Budget
ALBANY - New York state plans to spend nearly $28 million to develop a statewide electronic handgun permit database as part of the NY SAFE Act, the state's new gun control law. According to a report in Today’s Jamestown Post-Journal and a report … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Senate Begins Approving Budget, Assembly to Wait Until Thursday
ALBANY - State lawmakers arrived in Albany yesterday to begin work on passing a state budget, but one group was conspicuously absent from the capitol. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is not convening the Assembly until Thursday, March 28 – … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Senate Co-Leaders have Differing Opinion on Minimum Wage
ALBANY — The four-month-old ruling coalition of Republicans and five breakaway Democrats in the state Senate could face the greatest test to its unity over raising the state minimum wage. A source with knowledge of the talks told the Albany Times … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: As Lawsuits Come Forward, Lawmakers Consider Ammending NY SAFE Act
ALBANY - As the lawsuits pile up against the recently signed NY SAFE Act, which further regulates and restricts various fire arms and related accessories, some state lawmakers are beginning to craft amendments to the law. However, even if some … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Assembly Passes Moratorium Extension Through May 2015
ALBANY - The State Assembly has approved a bill that would extend a moratorium on hydrofracking in New York until May 2015. The Albany Times Union is reporting that by issuing a moratorium, the state will allow for the completion of several … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Senate Approves Bill Favoring MMA Bouts
ALBANY - On Wednesday the state Senate approved a bill legalizing professional mixed martial arts bouts — a measure that has passed the chamber before, only to be blocked by the state Assembly. The vote, which cut across party lines, was … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: State Assembly Approves Minimum Wage Hike, Senate Approval Unlikely
ALBANY - As expected, the state Assembly Tuesday approved a bill that calls for increasing the state's minimum wage to $9 an hour – a $1.75 increase from the current rate of $7.25 an hour. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said afterward that the … [Read more...]
MORNING NEWS: Albany to Focus on Gun Control, Election Reform in Early 2013
ALBANY — The leader of the state Assembly expects early pushes for gun control and election overhaul when lawmakers convene at the Capitol this month. Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced legislation at the end of December that would allow New Yorkers … [Read more...]
